MYSTICAL WORKSHOP: Entering YOUR Interior Castle

Entering YOUR Interior Castlethrough the heart and writings of Teresa of Avila

Join us for a mystical plunge within…Teresa of Avila will lead us through her spirit, her writings, and her heart in an evening devoted to the exploration of her life, her mystical treatises The Interior Castle and Autobiography of Her Life, and the chant that set her own soul afire. This experience is co-led by Teri Wilder and Kimberly Braun.Come for the entire experience including the consecrating concert at the end!

Who is Teresa of Avila?

Schedule:

6:00 pm - Opening meditation with gong and ancient chant (the chant Teresa would know)6:30 pm - Inspirational talk focusing on Teresa of Avilia and her mysticism by former Carmelite nun, Kimberly Braun. 7:15 pm - Contemplative group practice and guided puja inspired to take you deep within the chambers of your interior castle 8:00 pm - World Premiere Concert - Spiritual Duet of Teri Wilder and Kimberly Braun composed of gong, chant, and modern Teresian inspired song.

Kimberly Braun, Minister, M.A., CSP and Meditation Coach has been impelled from and within her contemplative experiences from the age of 5, with over ten of her years spent as a Carmelite monastic nun. Her Masters in theology was completed in 2001 in Washington D.C., and is concentrated upon the adult spiritual journey. As a CSP, keynote presentations are a primary tool in her personal mission to inspire others to live from the power and wisdom within them. Her style is playful, deeply inquiring, and intelligent in the synthesis of not only how to access this part of ourselves, but how to live from that place more consistently. She is a retreat and workshop facilitator, TEDx speaker, meditation faculty at the renowned Omega Institute, and fellow seeker on the path to living freely. She has three CDs and a book now available about her time as a nun, Love Calls, Insights of a former Carmelite nun.

She is just launching into the online world with her World Meditation for Happiness project, a NEW online course entitled, ‘Standing Strong AND Happy in the Storm,’ and a FREE online spiritual community, www.essencetribe.com.

Teri Wilder, originally from Chicago, Teri moved to Kansas City in 1994, where life brought many an unexpected adventure. After almost 11 years on the air in KC radio (Oldies 95, 101 The Fox and Star 102), she left the corporate world and began to pursue her first love full-time again – music. Her self-titled first CD came out in 2002, and was a foray back into songwriting after many years of singing other peoples’ tunes. These were songs inspired by life in general, always with a positive spin. “If I’m going to write lyrics, I want them to make me – and others – feel good, or better.” In 2005, she began writing specifically for the New Thought churches where she’d been singing for a decade. Out of that came 3 more CD’s – I Choose Joy, Magical Moment, and At Your Service, rich in inspiration and good vibes. From her current home in San Diego, she continues to write music for churches, retreats, seminars, and conferences, and her songs are heard across the country in support of these and other events.

Her passion for sound healing brought her to the gong, which has transformed her life with a new depth of vibrational experiences. A Certified Sound Healer & Gong Master, she plays a Paiste 30” symphonic gong named “Om”, a Paiste Venus Planetary gong named “Charlie”, named after her mom (a nickname), who always told her 9 children that she was from Venus, a 20” wind gong named “Windy” (Teri is from the Windy City, after all), and a 36” Wuhan Chau gong named Malachi (“my messenger” or “my angel”). In 2013, she recorded Mystical Gong Meditations, a CD of 4 gong-only meditations, with Barbara Cole and John St. Claire – 3 Gong Masters and 6 gongs! Adding to the vibrational healing, Teri is also a practitioner of Reiki, a Japanese technique for reducing stress and increasing relaxation, promoting healing and well-being.